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| Derissen, Sandra; Department of Economics, University of Kiel, Germany; derissen@economics.uni-kiel.de; Quaas, Martin F; Department of Economics, University of Kiel, Germany; quaas@economics.uni-kiel.de. |
| We perform a model analysis to study the origins of limited resilience in coupled ecological-economic systems. We demonstrate that under open access to ecosystems for profit-maximizing harvesting forms, the resilience properties of the system are essentially determined by consumer preferences for ecosystem services. In particular, we show that complementarity and relative importance of ecosystem services in consumption may significantly decrease the resilience of (almost) any given state of the system. We conclude that the role of consumer preferences and management institutions is not just to facilitate adaptation to, or transformation of, some natural dynamics of ecosystems. Rather, consumer preferences and management institutions are themselves... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Consumption; Ecological-economic systems; Ecosystem services; Natural resource management; Preferences; Resilience. |
| Ano: 2011 |
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